WONDERS OF THE WORLD

This hand-colored engraving by 16th century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck depicts the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Technically, the gardens di[r]

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Great Wall of China

The Ming dynasty built the Great Wall in the 1400s and 1500s This long stone wall was designed to defend China’s northern border from

invasions Today, it is a popular tourist site.

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Great Sphinx, Egypt

The Great Sphinx is the most famous ancient statue in Egypt It was built about 4,500 years ago It is located near Giza, a suburb of Cairo Three

of Egypt’s most famous pyramids stand near the sphinx.

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Eiffel Tower, Paris

The Eiffel Tower is the best-known landmark in Paris The tower rises nearly 1,000 feet (300 meters) When it was built in 1889, it was the tallest structure in the world.

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The Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal in India is considered one of the most beautiful buildings

in the world It is covered in white marble and set in a garden with pools

of water An emperor began building it in 1632 in memory of his wife, who had died the year before.

The Colosseum is a landmark in Rome, Italy Parts of this ancient

stadium, built almost 2,000 years ago, still stand today During the

Roman Empire, it was used for festivals and sporting contests, including battles to the death between Roman gladiators.

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Fuji, Japan

The most famous mountain in Japan is Fuji It is a dormant

volcano on the island of Honshu Fuji is sacred to many Japanese.Photo Researchers, Inc./Masao Hayashi-Dunq

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London Tower Bridge The 244-m (800-ft) Tower Bridge spans the Thames River in London It was the only movable bridge crossing the Thames when it was completed in 1894 Sir Horace Jones designed the bridge, and Sir John Wolfe Barry built it.Encarta

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Big Ben, London Named after Sir Benjamin Hall, London’s portly commissioner of works, Big Ben

is the great bell in the clock tower on the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London The booming 13.5-ton bell first rang out in 1859.Encarta

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was one of the first sights to welcome

immigrants arriving in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s The statue, located in New York City, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

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Terrorists Destroy World Trade Center A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September 11, 2001 Another hijacked jet had crashed into the north tower about 15 minutes earlier Both of the 110-story skyscrapers soon collapsed completely Hijackers crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania The terrorist attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people, were the deadliest in United States history.Encarta EncyclopediaGetty

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Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur’s urban sprawl extends in all directions from the city’s

downtown core This image shows the Golden Triangle section of the city,

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The Seven Wonders of the World were works of art and architecture considered by the ancient Greeks and Romans to

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be the most fabulous creations of antiquity They were the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of

Alexandria.

I Temple of Artemis

Temple of Artemis The Temple of Artemis is depicted in a fanciful reconstruction based on an Italian Renaissance church in this hand-colored engraving by Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck Built in Ephesus in Asia Minor in 356 bc, the Greek temple was considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World It was destroyed by the Goths in ad 262.Encarta Encyclopedia Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005 © 1993-2004

II Colossus of Rhodes

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Colossus of Rhodes The Colossus of Rhodes, depicted in this hand-colored engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck, was built about 280

bc Standing 30 m (100 ft) high, it was built to guard the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes The ancient Greeks and Romans considered it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN ARCHIVE Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005 © 1993-2004

III Pharos of Alexandria

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Pharos of Alexandria The Pharos of Alexandria, an ancient lighthouse, is depicted in this hand-colored engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck The lighthouse stood on an island in the harbor of Alexandria and was over 134 m (440 ft) tall It was considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon This hand-colored engraving by 16th century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck depicts the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Technically, the gardens did not hang, but grew on the roofs and terraces

of the royal palace in Babylon Nebuchadnezzar II, the

Chaldean king, probably built the gardens in about 600 bc as a consolation to his Median wife who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.Encarta Encyclopedia

V Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, depicted in this hand- colored engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck, was built about 353 bc The mausoleum was a huge marble tomb built for King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor It was considered to

be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.Encarta

VI Statue of Zeus

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Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue

of Zeus in about 435 bc The statue, depicted in this

engraving by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van

Heemskerck, stood in Olympia and was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece Phidias made the god’s robe and ornaments from gold and carved the body out of ivory.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN ARCHIVE

VII Pyramids of Egypt

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Pyramids of Egypt

Of the Seven Wonders of the World, the famous pyramids located in Giza, near the city of Cairo, Egypt, are the only ones remaining nearly intact They are depicted here in an engraving by 16th-century Dutch

artist Maarten van Heemskerck.Encarta EncyclopediaTHE BETTMANN ARCHIVE

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The Ming dynasty built the Great Wall in

the 1400s and 1500s This long stone wall was designed to defend China’s northern border from invasions Today, it is a popular tourist site.

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The Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal in India is considered one

of the most beautiful buildings in the world It is covered in white marble and set in a garden with pools of water An emperor began building it in 1632 in

memory of his wife, who had died the year before.

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Angkor National Park Angkor Wat forms part of the ruins of several capital cities of the ancient Khmer Empire in Cambodia Suryavarman II, a Khmer king, built

Angkor Wat in the 12th century as his

observatory and shrine.Encarta EncyclopediaPanos Pictures/Louis Meulstee

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Ruins of the Temple of Angkor Wat

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Ruins of the Temple of Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat, located in central Cambodia, is the largest temple complex in the world The complex was built in the 12th century under King Suryavarman II to celebrate the king as the incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu The complex is made entirely of stone, with corbeled roofs and relief friezes

depicting scenes from Hindu mythology.Encarta EncyclopediaThe Stock

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